Authority
Home Health Care Classification (HHCC) System, now known as
the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System, was developed by
Virginia Saba and colleagues at the Georgetown University School
of Nursing.

Purpose
HHHC provides a standardized framework and a unique coding
structure for assessing, documenting, and classifying patient
care by nurses and other clinical practitioners.

Description
HHHC is composed of two sets of interrelated terminologies
– Nursing Diagnoses and Nursing Interventions. These
terminologies are classified using a coded framework consisting
of 21 Care Components, which are modeled around the six steps of
the Nursing Process Standards of Care. The six steps are
Diagnosis, Outcome Identification, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation, and Assessment.

Metathesaurus Scope
HHCC Version 1.0 is included in the Metathesaurus.

Audience
HHHC is used by nurses, nurse practitioners, administrators,
educators, and researchers.

Update Frequency
Now known as CCC, the classification is updated irregularly;
it was last updated in 2004.

Metathesaurus Update Frequency
HHHC was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 2004.